Patrick Giguère

Patrick Giguère is a composer based in Montréal. He writes music for acoustic instruments but is increasingly interested in improvised and collaborative musical practices. His music is performed in the Americas and in Europe. He worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth, Susanna Mälkki, Bozzini Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Paramirabo, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Aventa Ensemble, ECM+, Orchestre de la francophonie and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.

Patrick Giguère will work on a piece called Chercher la trace du chemin à prendre for musicians practicing Persian classical music and Western classical music. The work will set to music poems, in French and Farsi, by contemporary poets from Québec and Iran. The chosen poems engage themes like disenchantment, reconstruction of identity, but also about finding a way forward. The creative process will go beyond the score and the unidirectionality of Western classical music in order to explore different hierarchies and relationships between the musicians.